S P Mehrotra
Department : Materials Engineering
Research Interests
● Mineral processing and process metallurgy
● Transport phenomena
● Mathematical modelling & simulation
● Process design and development
● Process control in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy
Professional Summary
Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR), Jamshedpur ( on deputation to NML w.e.f. Jun 03, 2002 to Apr 30, 2009)
Dean, Faculty Affairs, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (Oct 1998 to Dec 2001)
Head, Metallurgical Engineering Dept (July 1990 to Sep 1993)
Head, Advanced Centre for Materials Science (May 1992 to Sep 1993)
Professor, Materials & Metallurgical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, (1984 to present)
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada,(1979 to 81)
Assistant Professor, Materials & Metallurgical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, (1975 to 83)
Lecturer, Materials & Metallurgical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, (1973 to 75)
Publications
1. T. C. Alex, Rakesh Kumar, S. K. Roy and S. P. Mehrotra: Anomalous reduction in surface area during mechanical activation of boehmite synthesized by thermal decomposition of gibbsite, Powder Technology, Vol. 208, 2011, 128-136.
2. T. C. Alex, C. Sasi Kumar, Ansu J. Kailath, Rakesh Kumar, S. K. Roy and S. P. Mehrotra: Analysis of mechanically induced reactivity of boehmite using kinetics of boehmite to g-Al₂O₃ transformation, Metallurgical Transactions B, Vol. 42, 2011, 592-603.
3. G. K. Mandal, S. K. Das, R. Balasubramaniam and S. P. Mehrotra: Evolution of microstructure of galvanized and galvannealed coatings formed in 0.2 wt pct. Aluminium-zinc bath, Materials Science and Tecnology, Vol. 27, 2011, 1265-1270.
4. Sanjay Kumar, Rakesh Kumar and S. P. Mehrotra: Influence of granulated blast furnace slag on the reaction, structure and properties of fly ash based geoploymer, J. Materials Science, Vol.45, 2010, 607-615.
5. G. K. Mandal, R. Balasubramaniam and S. P. Mehrotra: Theoretical investigation of the interfacial reactions during hot dip galvanizing of steel, Materials and Metallurgical Transaction A, Vol.40A, 2009, 637-645.
6. A. Das, B. Sarkar and S. P. Mehrotra: Prediction of separation performance of flotex density separator for processing of fine coal particles, International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol. 91, 2009, 41-49.
7. A. Das, A. Vidyadhar and S. P. Mehrotra, A novel flowsheet combining dry and wet techniques for the recovery of metal values from waste printed circuit boards, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol.53, 2009, 464-469.
8. Chandan Guria, Mohan Varma, Santosh K. Gupta, and S. P. Mehrotra: Optimal synthesis of an industrial fluorspar beneficiation plant using a jumping gene adaptation of genetic algorithm, Minerals and Metallurgical Processing Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 , 2009, 174-190.
9. G. K. Mandal, D. Mandal, S.K. Das, R. Balasubramaniam and S. P. Mehrotra: Microstructural study of galvanized coatings formed in pure as well as commercial grade Zn baths, Transaction of The Indian Institute of Metals, Vol.62, 2009, 35-40.
10. Biswajit Sarkar, Avimanyu Das and S. P.Mehrotra: Study of separation features in floatex separator for cleaning fine coal, International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol.86, 2008, 40-49.
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